Plumbotellurite Mineral Data

General Plumbotellurite Information

Chemical Formula:

PbTe++++O3

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 382.80 gm

Tellurium 33.33 % Te 41.69 % TeO₂

Lead 54.13 % Pb 58.31 % PbO

Oxygen 12.54 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Pb(TeO₃)

Environment:

Pseudomorphous after altaite. Dimorphous with fairbankite.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1982

Locality:

Zhana-Tyube deposit, northern Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for the composition (Pb, Te).

Name Pronunciation:

Plumbotellurite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

Dunhamite - plumbotellurite (?)

Search for Plumbotellurite Images

Images:

Image not yet available on Webmineral.com

Try searching images.google.com or Mindat Picture Gallary for mineral pictures. Caution: The images retrieved may not be appropriate.

Plumbotellurite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.613:1:0.6695

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.423, b = 13.739, c = 9.199, Z = 12; V = 1,064.54 Den(Calc)= 7.16

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.17(1), 3.099(0.35), 3.21(0.32),

Physical Properties of Plumbotellurite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Brown, Gray, Gray brown, Yellow gray.

Density:

7.2

Habit:

Pseudomorphous - Occurs in the form of another mineral.

Hardness:

2 - Gypsum

Streak:

yellow gray

Optical Properties of Plumbotellurite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= -0.082 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.088 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1755,KPDmeas= 0.1745,KC= 0.1614
Ncalc = 2.16

Optical Data:

Biaxial (+), a=2.19, b=2.23, g=2.35, bire=0.1600, 2V(Calc)=64, 2V(Meas)=50.

Calculated Properties of Plumbotellurite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=5.94 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Plumbotellurite =7.20 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.14
Boson Index = 0.86

Photoelectric:

PE_{Plumbotellurite}=1,130.45 barns/electron
U=PE_{Plumbotellurite} x rElectron Density=6,718.93 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Plumbotellurite is Not Radioactive

Plumbotellurite Classification

Dana Class:

34.01.04.01 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites

(34.01)as A++ XO3

(34.01.04)Dana Group

34.01.04.01 Plumbotellurite PbTeO3 Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

04.JK.55 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites,

04.JK -Tellurites without additional anions, without H2O

04.JK.55 Plumbotellurite PbTeO3 Unk Ortho

Other Plumbotellurite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Plumbotellurite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

Search for Plumbotellurite using:

[AOL] [Bing] [Dog Pile] [GeoScienceWorld] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [Lycos] [MAMMA] [Scirus] [Teoma] [WebCrawler] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]

Visit our Advertisers for Plumbotellurite :

A Bijoux Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Adam's Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Cape Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Dakota Matrix Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Excalibur Mineral Corp. Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Exceptional Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite
John Betts Fine Minerals Search for Plumbotellurite
McDougall Minerals Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Mineral News Website Link
Rock and Mineral Shows Google Search for Plumbotellurite
Weinrich Minerals, Inc. Google Search for Plumbotellurite

Ask about Plumbotellurite here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Español

Print or Cut-and-Paste your Plumbotellurite Specimen Label here :

Plumbotellurite

PbTe++++O3
Dana No: 34.01.04.01 Strunz No: 04.JK.55
Locality:

Notes: